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DO you knowhow they sound..There are a flock of birds that makes a loud chattering (like racoons fighting) kinda squealing chattering sound and they fly in a large group early in the morning and lok green..I have never seen or heard these birds before ever and I am from Florida ..Just recently in the last few months since coming to the inland side of DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA. Could they be PARROTS as they lok?..WOW

I live in Palmetto, Florida,close to Parrish on us41n. The last few days the parakeet flocks have been numerous. Their loud, chatter while flying and beautiful. These are the ones with black hoods. Tried for a picture but i believe they are skittish

My son saw two green parrots fly over our property in Indialantic. He is familiar with green parrots having lived in West Africa for several years and says they do not have black heads over there. This occured at 4:00 p.m. on February 3, 2012.

Saw a flock of about 20 in Satellite Beach yesterday. As others have posted, you hear their raucous cawing before you see them. Couldn't get close enough to see if they had dark heads but could tell they were green.

was at bradenton beach a couple of days ago when i heard some birds, looked overhead and saw a flock of bright green birds. guessing 15-20 of them temps were about 84 degrees and wind gusts from the south. dazzling lime green color in the sunloght

Where are the parrots ? I come to Delray each year, but missed coming down last year though .........I arrived last week and a day or two ago I realized there are no parrots around, raising their usual ruckas. Whats up ?

I live in St. Petersburg and very familiar with the birds. After leaving Chicago (where I now have come to learn a large population of Quaker Parrots actually live) I first moved to Ft. Lauderdale and saw them daily around the canals close to the beach. Now living in St Pete I have seen them where I live now a few times. (NE St Pete off 275-4th street). I have also seen them several times in S Tampa at MacDill AirForce base area. They are super loud and cannot be mistaken when heard...but amazing none the less!

Nanday parrots, green with the black hoods and bright red legs and feet, every morning at the Boynton Beach Inlet. Flocks of 40-50. Also Quaker Parrots in Delray. These are green with grey chests. out near 441 near the Everglades. Fun to watch.

We live in South Daytona, and have the same group flying by each morning between seven and eight! Very green and very boisterous! Had a very mild winter this year here in Florida with lots of rain...lots of Cuban tree frogs too.

We saw several today on the Pinellas Trail. I almost thought I was back in Belize for a moment. In Belize many times I'd be on the phone and they would be so loud, people would ask me if I'm calling from the Zoo, lol. We love them. As some have said you can hear them before you see them, especially flying over.

I've lived in South Daytona for over 17 years and have been delighted every year when I've heard a flock of these squawking birds every morning at the start of each summer. They'd be there every morning and evening, flying to and fro, and hanging out in the tall treetops until the cooler season arrived. This past year (2015), I was happy to hear them one morning as usual, thinking "ah, summer has arrived -- the wild parrots are here!" But the flock seemed smaller than usual and I realized fairly soon that I didn't continue to hear them for long... no sign of them, mornings or evenings. They had been such a daily fixture through those hottest months for so long, I was really sad about their absence. I've wondered if they just found a place they like better. A lot of old trees in the surrounding area have been leveled for construction recently, and I can't help thinking that's at least part of the reason. I hope they come back.

I have seen a flock of at least a dozen green, loud chatterers in Madeira Beach three of four times now, all the way from the causeway down to near Johns pass, flying overhead and perching on the wires. What a racket they make!

I am in a small town on Sand Key in Pinellas County and can hear the Quaker parakeets around here everyday this year, and have been hearing them over a 25 year period. It seems that the Black Hoods move from location to location depending upon who knows what. Some years, it is pretty quiet here, other years, like now, they are close by. I suspect that the winter temperature severity level drives them south or inland from the beachside, or not, if it is a mild winter season. When I lived in Ormond Beach in 1987, I did not experience the Quakers at all. Ditto for Deltona in 1988, no wild parakeets.

As an interesting anecdote, I had some construction giys here from Deland, that were bird guys, and they wanted to find out where the nest was so they could kidnap some of them...like I knew!

to redingtonbee, shame on you, moving a nest, shame shame shame , you live in there place, anyone touching the nest is not bird guys and being on sand will make it easy to find you, leave the birds alone.

There is a flock living in the treetops at Skyway Park in Tampa. They are very loud! I have been here for the past four Saturdays and they are always here. Hard to spot as they blend in to the green leaves.

These green parrots live off 113th St and 63rd Ave at the electric substation. I love watching and hearing them as I walk my dogs each day. It is amazing that these birds have been able to find refuge from elements of harm in Seminole, Fl

My husband and I were traveling on the coastline between Tarpon Springs and New Port Richey this morning (near the supersite) and saw a large group of black capped green parrots - I have never seen them in this area before - was so glad to see them. Lisa Barlow